43) Learn to better mingle and make small talk with strangers at parties

44) Organize my recipe collections

45) Get rid of all uncomfortable/ugly shoes in my closet

46) Learn to oil paint

47) Make a lovely, cheerful tablecloth for the dinning room table

48) Refinish 6 chairs for our dining room

49) Practice skillfully/joyfully accessorising. (wear more belts / find new ways to wear scarves / have fun with jewelry and find new ways to wear the jewelry I have) Celebrate by posting on wardrobe remix twice a week for a month

50) Conquer seasonal gardening. Create a garden calendar with reminders for planting times. Explore heritage and regional seed varieties that work better with seasonal challenges of my area.Have a flower or plant growing in my garden at any time of year, any season that I can pick and put in a vase.

51) Throw a birthday party for Sam and raise money for suicide prevention.

62) Have a big wedding anniversary party. (We never had the “big” wedding/gathering and it would be a great excuse to have a huge party.)

63) Fight some gender stereotypes. Find at least three things that might be seen as supposedly “male” that I don’t know how to do and learn how to do them. (change my oil, grill a 14 lb turkey on a rotisserie charcoal grill,I need some more ideas here, this thought’s unfinished)

64) Make a list of top 25 fun “day-trip” things to do around Winston-Salem and share them online or make a zine about them

75) Make everyone on my birthday calendar feel special on their birthday, somehow (cards, notes, small gifts, etc). Birthdays should be important and celebrate who that person is and what I appreciate about them, not a chore. I always start each year with the best of intentions and then fail. I need a new “plan” to make this happen, somehow.

76) Become a confidant and articulate writer. (This blog is one way to work on this)

77) Pick five things I loved to do as a kid but haven’t done recently and revisit them (Inspired by The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin)

78) Keep a daily gratitude journal for six months. (updated: currently blogging a photo gratitude journal every few weeks)

79) Do a 100 Demons project of my own, in some form (inspired by Lynda Barry; In her book One! Hundred! Demons! she mentions reading about a “painting exercise called One Hundred Demons” at the library, cites “a hand-scroll painted by a Zen monk named Hakuin Ekaku” as her example, and references “The Art of Zen” by Stephen Addiss.)

80) Integrate fitness into my life more. Find a workout or other physical activity I love. Find the time/motivation to workout daily in some way. Explore new fitness programs like yoga or pilates.

81) Remember to use “the good silver” more often. Celebrate the small moments and use objects rather than hoarding them. (blogged)

Inspired by Maggie of MightyGirl. You can read Maggie’s list here and tips for making your own here. I plan to update my own list as my life goals change by adding new items and revising or removing items at will. Some of the items on my list were sparked by other’s lists, some are my own ideas, but all are things that I feel will add to my life experience in positive ways and that’s pretty much the only rule I made for myself while creating this list. I think Karen Walrond puts it best: “Even if we don’t accomplish everything on our lists, just by attempting some, our lives are bound to get a little more interesting, right?”

Wow! I recently made my list, inspired by Maggie too! I especially like the the items about make and accessorising. I have them in my list too. The the one about being able to pick up a flower from your own garden for the vase, love it!

I love your list, too. I think I’m going to swipe “Learn to whistle using my fingers” and “Punch someone in the face” for my own list.🙂 Also, I loved “Be in a situation to warrant “Quick, follow that car!”” That put a huge smile on my face.🙂

yeah, I’ve been trying to find some sources for the makeup, etc. You’re really good with that stuff, maybe we can have a slumber-party sometime and you can do some makeup tips or we can all try out some of those tutorials. That might be fun!

heh. i was thinking when we get a house (we r going under contract on one now) …that i wanna have a big GURL party where i invite all the girls i know and u guys bring girlfriends too….we could all hang out, meet new connections and learn new things…makeup could b fun….megs went to makeup artist school…she could teach us some tricks! 😉